Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the south to a Shoemaker, Manfred learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Coral (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a brown shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Sun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Jade (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jet (80 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Black opal (1100 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is physically well-built. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Silgre alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Amber (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Rose (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears brown trousers with blue and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Helja was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Amber (40 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Uadjit hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Uadjit was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Performer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Amber (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.